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I noticed that when I hit the ground/crash, that I don't get any CRASH sound. All the other sim sounds work, but my crash sounds seem to be very low on volume.

Where can I adjust the volume of the crash sounds? I adjusted the sound sliders in the sim to 100% and I still get VERY low crash sound.

Is there a way I can increase the "crash" sounds?

Thanks.
Scott

You aren't going to be able to increase the volume of the sound without a little bit of trouble.  And you shouldn't have to.  I'm betting you accidentally replaced the sound in some install of an addon.  I would first try to replace it with the original version from the install disks.

Unfortunately, I have no idea which disk the sound is located on . . .

[quote]You aren't going to be able to increase the volume of the sound without a little bit of trouble.

Ok. I have the crash files in the right places in the aircraft sound folder. I CAN hear them when I crash, but the sound is VERY low, I can barely make it out in external view, close to the aircraft.

I would think that when the plane crashes I should be hearing a LOUD crash sounds from 100ft away from the plane. (Crashes are a VERY noisy event.) My cashes are very quiet. The files are there and intact, but they are not loud enough. :-?

Scott

Ok. I have the crash files in the right places in the aircraft sound folder. I CAN hear them when I crash, but the sound is VERY low, I can barely make it out in external view, close to the aircraft.

I would think that when the plane crashes I should be hearing a LOUD crash sounds from 100ft away from the plane. (Crashes are a VERY noisy event.) My cashes are very quiet. The files are there and intact, but they are not loud enough. :-?

Scott

If you know which sound files are used for crashes, it would easy enough to use a sound editor - like free Audacity program - to raise their volume.

You can get audacity here:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Good luck!!  8-)

Why do you want extremely loud crash sounds?  Isn't the whole purpose of aviation to NOT crash?

I don't really notice the sounds when I do crash, since I'm already screaming at the screen after a two hour flight that was all wasted because I CFIT'd a mountain!

I have been under the impression that all crash sounds and groovy crash effects had been written out after the September 11 attacks in a spineless, embarrassing bow by M'soft to political correctness...

They were, sort of. The sounds are still there, as are the scripts for the effects, but the crash effects themselves are disabled by default. Adding the line "visual_damage=1" to the aircraft.cfg of any plane will enable them again.

Adding the line "visual_damage=1" to the aircraft.cfg of any plane will enable them again.

Thanks; I shall do that. Where would I write that line into the config?

Adding the line "visual_damage=1" to the aircraft.cfg of any plane will enable them again.

Thanks; I shall do that. Where would I write that line into the config?

I'm not sure you have too, but I put it in every aircraft heading.
So...:
[fltsim.0]
title=
sim=
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=
atc_id=
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
ui_manufacturer=
ui_type=
ui_variation=
atc_heavy=1
atc_parking_types=GATE,RAMP
atc_parking_codes=
description=
[glow=yellow,2,300]visual_damage=1[/glow]

Again, this is just where I put it. I think the same results can be achieved by adding it only once to the [general] section too. (not sure though)

Adding the line "visual_damage=1" to the aircraft.cfg of any plane will enable them again.

Thanks; I shall do that. Where would I write that line into the config?

Correct, this statement goes into the Fltsim section per the SDK:

[i]Setting this flag to

Ok. This is what I added to my CRASH section in the sound file:

[CRASH_SOUND]
filename=jcrash1,jcrash2,jcrash3,bncrash1,bncrash2
flags=100

[SPLASH_SOUND]
filename=jsplash1,jsplash2,bnsplas1,bnsplas2
flags=100

But I'm not sure of the flags number? 100 should be loud right?

Thanks for the help.
Scott

No... flags must be 0

flags=0 per the SDK

You adjust volume with the following:

Sound volume is controlled the same as other sounds with these kinds of statements:

initial_volume=9000
minimum_volume=7800
maximum_volume=9000

[CRASH_SOUND]
filename=jcrash1,jcrash2,jcrash3,bncrash1,bncrash2
flags=0
initial_volume=19000
minimum_volume=17800
maximum_volume=19000

Scott